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About Me & My Blog

I am a 20-something wife and mother. I converted to Mormonism when I was 15 and joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when I was 18. I attended Brigham Young University for four years where I met my partner, a returned missionary. We now live in Canada, where my partner grew up and where he served his mission.

Shortly after the birth of our daughter we left the church. This blog serves as a record of why and what happened as a result. It also includes my thoughts and feelings about the process.

I will be honest. I will be open. I will try to be a voice of reason. Some will choose to be offended. True believing Mormons (TBM) might, if they even dare to read an "anti-Mormon" blog by an "apostate," accuse me of bitterness, hate, attacking the church, and any other number of things.

Too bad. I intend to "declare the truth, even with a loud voice," and "in soberness" even if some "[take] the truth to be hard" and "it [cuts] them to the very center."

PLEASE NOTE: Some of the info you'll find in the about section and sidebars on this blog are severely out of date (my daughter is now six, my son is two). But from time to time I will still post here.

We stayed at the home of an exmo. Lyndon was staying at the same place. It was nice to get to spend a little extra time with Lyndon and our host. Plus, Lyndon makes the best salsa I have ever had.Friday:We spent a loooong time at the West Edmonton Mall. Then, in the evening, there was a big gathering of local exmos with food, beer, and a cozy fire. It was one of the highlights of the entire trip. Meeting so many other people in person who get what it's like to leave the Mormon church was a really wonderful experience. And now my Facebook friends list is getting longer. Lucy was quite popular and she made a lot of friends too. But that's not surprising. She is adorable. And earlier in the day she had been "flirting" with Lyndon.

We had so. much. fun. And we met so many awesome people. If we end up in Edmonton for Adam's med school I will be very happy to get to spend more time with everbody (except, of course, Lyndon who lives in Arizona and Bob who is from Calgary). There's talk of trying to get Richard Packham to speak next year. That would be awesome. But even if they can't get him, or another speaker as good as this year's speakers I still think it would be worth the drive. I have friends who are Mormon and I love them. I have friends who are nevermos and I love them too. But it is a really meaningful thing to now have so many new friends who are exmo. They "get it." And they "get us" without having to try to explain anything.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Next weekend Adam and I are heading up to an Exmo Mini Conference. Lyndon Lamborn and Bob McCue will be making presentations. There will be a gathering/BBQ for exmos. And we'll be making a quick trip to Ikea. I, for one, am stoked. I will be sure to share my thoughts after the fact.

I'm also planning on posting more often. The little one is spending more time awake which means more time playing with her mama which means less time for mama to blog. But I'm going to try.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Got my "official" letter stating I am no longer a member of the church today. I'm referring to it as my ticket to outer darkness. ;P It made me smile. It's in a frame on the bookshelf for now. But eventually it'll go in a page protector in a binder/journal.